Susan [Taylor] wrote : "Encyclia 'Green Hornet'... listed as a hybrid of Encyclia cochleata x Encyclia lancifolium... do I have a hybrid or just a species bred from two different varieties?"
*********** The International Orchid Register has your hybrid under the name Prosyclia Green Hornet [= Prosthechea cochleata x Encyclia trulla]. The cross was made H & R Orchids who registered it 6 January 1995. *********** 1) If the info provided by H&R for the registration is the one that appears in the International Orchid Register, then you have an hybrid. 2) If the info you obtained ['Encyclia cochleata x Encyclia lancifolia'] is correct, then you may have a species : In the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / World Checklist, Encyclia lancifolia is presented as a synonym of 'Prosthechea cochleata var. cochleata'. [note : no author's name nor publication title is given for Prosthechea cochleata var. cochleata] ********** nomenclatural history for the species you mentioned : 1) Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 377 (1997 publ. 1998). Homotypic Synonyms: Epidendrum cochleatum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1351 (1763) [basionym / replaced synonym]. Anacheilium cochleatum (L.) Hoffmanns., Linnaea 16(Litt.): 229 (1842). Encyclia cochleata (L.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 264 (1961). Heterotypic Synonyms: Epidendrum cochleatum var. pallidum Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 3: 41 (1853). Epidendrum cochleatum subsp. triandra Ames, Contr. Ames Bot. Lab. 1: 16 (1904). Epidendrum cochleatum var. costaricense Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 118 (1923). 2) Prosthechea cochleata var. cochleata. Heterotypic Synonyms: Epidendrum cochleatum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1351 (1763). Epidendrum lancifolium Pav. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 98 (1831). Encyclia lancifolia (Pav. ex Lindl.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard, Phytologia 21: 437 (1971). ********** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
